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Posted by speacock on October 19, 2007 at 2:47:40 am EDT
In reply to What's in Your Survival Kit? posted by Alicia on July 2, 2007 at 10:55:02 am EDT

Usually what is in my backpack. My pack trips are survival in motion. I'm prepared for up to 15 days (not in bear country) where there are darn few facilities, civilized comfort or usually people. So the most used items are boots, sleeping bag/pad. Tent at times. Something to keep me warm as needed outside of bag. Change of clothes if I want/need. Stove with fuel, cup, spoon. And food and something to get water from a puddle or stream to me.

I've been known to last for a couple of months or more with extra food provided at appropriate times.

I guess that is survival. It seems to work every time I try it. If I run out of food or water, survival becomes recovery after a bit.

First aid kit has what I need. If you don't have on you what you need when I need it for you then we run out of stuff. I don't do field surgery anymore so I simply collect the pieces and wrap them up and keep the messy stuff from leaking. I suspect you would not want me working on you under those conditions without a scrub nurse. I don't give anybody any of my pain killer since I don't know their reactions. Aspirin (or equivalent) is the best you can expect from me unless you have the good stuff on you. Most of the bandages are Bandaids or adhesive tape. Plenty of stuff around to sop up or stop leakage. Oh, and a couple very large safety pins to nail your tongue to a lip if needed. If you need to be airlifted someplace quickly then maybe best not to get injured badly if it is more than a 2 day run to get help. If you can get to a proper place, they can clean up and out what I didn't.

Most people should prepare for the eventful - a burn from a hot pan or fire, a puncture, a sprain or torn muscle, a cut, a poke in the eye, sore tooth. Sutures probably not a good idea unless its really clean in there. Broken bones are usually not emergency things. If they are poking out, not sure what you would carry to help out much. Internal injuries stay that way. Not much you would carry for the usual lifesaving things. Shock, bleeding and restart breathing are all about what you do, not what you carry.

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